The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-12
A 100000 DEFALCATION.
HARRY K MOSES GENERAL MAN.
AGER GOEs TO PLECE6

Bis.k Cheeks a.a Power OF Attersey En-.
ssio hin 70 fiay Heb with his Em pieycr's
nank Aceeuet-Mr. Moss's Assignment.
Harry E. Moss, q wholesale manufacturer
OF clothing at 683 Broadway. went travelling q
month ago to visit out of-town customers, and
left his business In the hands OF Edward Schles-
niger. his general manager. Mr.. Moss got
back yesterday and made an assignment.
without preference. to his fsther-in- law, SAM
uel Jerkowsky OF the firm Of schwarz 4 Jer-
kowsky. Wholesale clothiers
The failure was entirely unexpected In the
trade. and Mr.. Moss says 1t Is due to the dis
honesty Of Mr. Schlssinger. who. he declares.
Is now fugitive, with shortage Of 100000 or
over In his accounts.
Schlesinger ID bachelor. SO years old. and
no entered the employ Of Mr.. Moss. who ia
about the Same ago. five years ago, after Mr..
Moss's business had been established two
years. Schlessinger had inherited 100000
from tho estate Of his father. who was an i'm
portor. but was cheated out OF It by the dis
honesty Of some relatives. He came to Mr..
Moss from the Wholesale house Of Present &
Co.. At 654 broadway. and was intrusted with
tho handling OF many hundred thousand dol
lars IN the next five years.
When Mr. Moss went travelling he left
SchlesInger q lot Of checks on the National
Park Bank. aligned In blank. to be used eIclu-
to dsposs Of ths bank tie bus
he charges, that schiesnser used these checks
made ths dsso w ON ON
day. when Mr.. Davis. the manager Of the up.
s9 70 hs @ o.
S%a!6orized ,hs parshas. 81 $4,000 worth ,'s q
He told Mr.. Moss that his firm had that day
received q certified check from the Park Bank
s Gr a 70 pay f Se sa xh
before VIII similar sordsrs MI. Moss was p:
next day. and charged him With .specSlsting:
SchlesinRer hurried around to DeMott und
Chez. eSs and d SHw sie Es tine
You can have me arrested II you want to-"
he said: but III hive aas done nothing legally
Hs was At the office explaining bis aGcounts
to MT M9ss on Pm Wtednesdsy and Thursday and
clear that no had not dsfraudsd Mr. Moss. He
did not turn up. though. and MI. Moss found a
books during Mr. Moss absence from town
and found l that the firm had been systems,i-
occur, and 5essed to assure Mr MOSS that he he
would make the deficit good II 1t took him
Mr. Moss placed the letter In the hands Of
Lawyers Blumenstiel and Hirsh. his counsel.
and by their advice made the assignment to
his fathsr-in-law. A hurried examination OF
tho books showed that there was shortage Of
100000. To-day an expert will be put At work
to find out the exact amount Of the shortage.
Mr. Moss says that he found that SchesinRer
had made many. false entries. and that checks
that customers had sept in In payment Of bills
we're not entered at all
:, sehlssinger used to iiys,at Fanny Berliner's
street, He told Mr. Moss before he disappeared
that Mrs. Berliner's husband had gone over
the books and discovered that the Arm was
Wien Mr.. Moss went to Bsrliner's last night
Mrs. Bsrliner said that she had seen nothing
Of Schlesihger since Thursday at ~ O'clock.
She said that he had never shown his books to
Schlesineer used to spend about $500 .
year. He had very wide acquaintance In
business circles Yesterday MIR. Moss tele-
graphed to dozen OF his customers not to adj
vance any money to Schlesinger. He believes
Schlesinger is still in hiding IN his city
Mr.. Moss said last night that. as near as he
could estimate, his liabilities were S130000
He could not tell what the assets would be
until the expert accountant finished his exam
inatiOn of the books and he heard from his
out of town customers
Mr.. Moss is Montreal man. He came here
from the latter city to go into business with his
brot her. and succeeded the firm of Moss Broth
ers In 1888 1t Ia reported that he brought into
the business $3OOUU inherited from his father